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NTop vs htop: catalog facts
NTop	htop
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
htop-style process view in the Windows console Vi keybindings for navigation	Kill, renice and filter processes interactively without typing PIDs Per-core meters and tree view make load easy to read at a glance
Windows only Infrequent updates	Terminal only, with no historical graphing Some counters differ per platform outside Linux
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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